Spokesman Chanel Lagarde says the layoffs have begun and should be completed by the end of the year.

He says about 160 jobs are in the New Orleans area and another 80 statewide. That's about 6 percent of Entergy's metro-area jobs and 5 percent statewide. Louisiana layoffs make up 30 percent of the total.

Arkansas would lose about 165 jobs, Texas 115 and New York 110. About 10 percent of Entergy's Texas workers will lose their jobs; other figures range from 4 percent to 6 percent of the state total.